As World Cup matches begin, advocates warn that Atlanta is on track to repeat the arrests, displacement, and criminalization of homeless residents that drew criticism during the city’s 1996 Olympics. Atlanta promises a welcoming...
Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr.UB Center for Urban Studies, University at BuffaloJune 18, 2026 Understanding Juneteenth in the Black imaginary requires placing the slave industry in a historical context anchored by five realities. The first is...
Opinion: America’s economic crisis hurts everyone, but when the Black community was already so underserved, underpaid and downright ignored, it hurts even more. I’ve seen it, and I know you’ve seen it too –...
Senate Republicans overcame deep internal divisions to pass a massive $70 billion immigration enforcement package early Friday, delivering a major political win to President Donald Trump after weeks of struggling to pass the bill....
The Democrats’ botched 2024 autopsy doesn’t just leave out Gaza. It also simply pretends the left-populist upsurge embodied by Zohran Mamdani isn’t happening, while coveting its achievements. Usually, a report might become major news...
Mike Johnson’s messaging “hides the truth that the United States — as we know it — could not exist without the massive wealth produced by slave labor and without the violent seizure of lands...
The administration’s crude vilification of anti-discrimination policies is meant to erase the radical promise of the Black freedom struggle. One year on, the Trump administration’s descent deeper into the gutter of racism no longer...
They may not suddenly vote for Democrats, but the 10,000-bed ICE facility planned next door has them rethinking their support for Republicans. SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — In this deeply conservative town east of Atlanta,...
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court and the vicious attacks on immigrants of color appear to be separate actions—but they are not. They are both acts of voter...
The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. A country that presents itself as the “global model of democracy” continues...
